We headed to Newport Beach on a World Series game day. The Red Sox were up 3-1 and we were hoping that some pre-game beach vibes would secure their victory. Blake stayed home to work on homework but my other three were happy to get some fresh air and represent…
Two of my best friends came out for a girls’ weekend at the end of February. We used to live within a few blocks of each other in Salt Lake City and now we live in three different states. We stayed at our house but spent two full days on…
We met my friend Kristen and her family at Newport Beach over President’s Day weekend. Crew and Finn put claw shovels on their hands and crawled around on their hands and knees all day. They called themselves “clobsters,” which I guess is a combination of a crab and a lobster….
We didn’t get to do most of our Christmas Break plans because we had too many sickies but we finally made it out of the house a few days after Christmas to do our traditional Newport Beach day. It felt so good to be out in the fresh air away…
Newport Beach is our go to whenever we have company in town. My parents couldn’t think of any place they’d rather be than Southern California for my dad’s 60th birthday, so we spent a gorgeous Saturday at the end of September biking on the boardwalk, taking the ferry over to…
December was a whirlwind like always. And since the flurry of activity isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, I have made it a point to try to notice the little moments of joy amidst the chaos. Somewhere in between the nonstop chaos of December and everyday life with four little boys,…
As if I didn’t already sufficiently cover our fall happenings, here are the remaining undocumented memories captured from my phone. I’ll start by going all the way back to Labor Day weekend. After Troy’s epic surprises on the Saturday of my birthday, we took it easy for the rest of…
We’ve had a steady stream of out-of-state visitors in the last two months. We sometimes had a few days in between our five rounds of company, but more often they were back to back. One family would leave and I’d have just enough time to wash the sheets before the…
We started the tradition of ocean-related birthday celebrations last year and had no problem thinking of new ways to involve water and sand. For Troy’s birthday, we went on a day date at Newport Harbor. We rode bikes along the boardwalk at Newport Beach, took the ferry over to Balboa…
Some days, you skip naps and spend the entire day by the sea. A week after our friends went home after the 4th of July weekend, they came right back for more. While half of their family took off for Alaska, the other half came to SoCal to go to…
